Skip to content
ACS Chemical Health and Safety Division
Newsletter
Membership
    • Our Mission
    • Leadership & Committees
    • Contact us
    • Partners
    • Calendar
    • Workshops
    • Webinars
    • CHAS Chats
    • ACS National Meetings
    • Groups
    • CHAS Awards
    • Careers
    • Safety Videos
    • Factsheets
    • Websites
    • Research & Publications
    • Policies & Regulations

Chemical Demonstrations Safety

Resources for Planning and Performing Chemical Demonstration Safely –

–ACS Chem Comm on Safety – Safety Rubric for Assessing Chemical Demonstration Videos

–ACS Center for Lab Safety – Safer Experiments & Demonstrations

–ACS Student Magazine – Five Key Questions for Safe Research and Demos

–ACS – Safety in Outreach Settings

–C&EN article – How to Make Chemistry Classroom Demonstrations and Experiments Safer

–ACS Chem Ed Div – Safety Guidelines for Chemical Demonstrations

Rainbow Demonstration Safety –

ACS Center for Lab Safety: The Rainbow Demonstration
https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/about/governance/committees/chemicalsafety/safety-alert-rainbow-demonstration.html

National Science Teachers Association: https://www.nsta.org/safety-alert-do-not-use-methanol-based-flame-tests-open-laboratory-desks

The Chemical Safety Board (CSB)  video showing consequences of the methanol-related experiments:
https://www.csb.gov/key-lessons-for-preventing-incidents-from-flammable-chemicals-in-educational-demonstrations/

dchas@acs.org
Fax: +1 (000)-234-5678

  • Mail
  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • About Us
    • Our Mission
    • Leadership & Committees
    • Contact us
    • Partners
  • Events
    • Calendar
    • Workshops
    • Webinars
    • CHAS Chats
    • ACS National Meetings
  • Community
    • Groups
    • CHAS Awards
    • Careers
  • Education & Resources
    • Safety Videos
    • Factsheets
    • Websites
    • Research & Publications
    • Policies & Regulations

legal

privacy

terms of use

ACS Chemical Health & Safety Division © 2026